Fetch (album)

Fetch
Studio album by Melt-Banana
Released October 1, 2013
Recorded Studio Ghost, Tokyo, Japan
Genre Noise rock, experimental rock
Length 32:10
Label A-ZAP
Producer Melt-Banana
Melt-Banana chronology

Bambi's Dilemma
(2007)		 Fetch
(2013)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Paste 8.0/10[2]
Pitchfork Media 7.8/10[3]

Fetch is the seventh album by Japanese noise rock band Melt-Banana. It was released on October 1, 2013, on CD and digitally. It was released on LP on October 1, 2013. It is the band's first album of new material in six years, since Bambi's Dilemma (2007). The recording sessions for the album had to be postponed due to the Tohoku earthquake and the aftermath of the subsequent meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.

The album was recorded as a duo, with vocalist Yasuko Onuki and guitarist Ichirou Agata opting to use synthesized backing music.[1] Melt-Banana have also been performing live as a duo since mid-2012.[4] Following the release of the album, the band went on tour in North America.[5]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Melt-Banana. 

No. Title Length
1. "Candy Gun"   4:07
2. "The Hive"   2:14
3. "Vertigo Game"   1:26
4. "Lefty Dog (Run, Caper, Run)"   1:52
5. "Infection Defective"   4:10
6. "My Missing Link"   3:40
7. "Zero+"   2:06
8. "Schemes of the Tails"   3:47
9. "Lie Lied Lies"   2:03
10. "Red Data, Red Stage"   1:41
11. "Then Red Eyed"   1:19
12. "Zero"   3:45

Personnel

Accolades

Fetch was listed as "Album of the Week" by Spin Magazine on September 23, 2013.[6]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Collar, Matt. "Fetch Album Review". All Music Guide. Retrieved October 24, 2013.
  2. ↑ http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2013/10/melt-banana-fetch.html
  3. ↑ http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18577-melt-banana-fetch
  4. ↑ "Fetch Album Info". Midheaven Distribution. Retrieved October 24, 2013.
  5. ↑ http://www.tinymixtapes.com/news/melt-banana-ready-first-album-in-six-years-plot-north-american-tour
  6. ↑ Weingarten, Christopher. "Album of the Week: Hear Melt-Banana Roar Back with the Spastic, Ecstatic, Pop-Grindin' 'fetch'". Spin Magazine. Retrieved November 1, 2013.